Example sentences of "[subord] they [be] [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With such descriptions , actually occurring linguistic data , where they are adduced at all , serve to exemplify category types . |
| 2 | In recent years , however , there has been a move towards more intensive farming : altering the lambing season so they are born at different times of the year ; bringing lambs indoors and using special feed to make them grow bigger . |
| 3 | If they are involved at all . |
| 4 | The fact that a practitioner has a copy of the Blue Book ( which contains the Institute 's regulations and guidance notes on investment business ) on his shelf does not necessarily mean that he has read and understood it , and in some firms the Institute 's Investment Business Gazettes ( which announce changes to regulations and other requirements , and provide a general round-up of developments likely to affect authorised firms ) are filed away unread if they are kept at all . |
| 5 | At present it is left to the planning officers of the district council to decide how the views of parish councils are pesented to the planning committee or indeed if they are presented at all . |
| 6 | If they are wanted at all they are probably wanted in large numbers and to be made in a hurry by unskilled labour . |
| 7 | In most cases , such changes are poorly documented , if they are recorded at all . |
| 8 | PCBs can create dioxins — polychlorinated organic chemicals — if they are burned at low temperatures . |
| 9 | Electronic resources need to benefit from well-planned preservation campaigns , if they are to survive at all . |
| 10 | ‘ The result is : ( 1 ) That this Act does not necessarily require anything to be done under it which might not be done without causing a nuisance ; ( 2 ) That as to those things which may or may not be under it , there is no evidence on the face of the Act that the legislature supposed it to be impossible for any of them to be done ( if they were done at all ) somewhere and under some circumstances , without creating a nuisance ; and ( 3 ) That the legislature has manifested no intention that any of these optional powers , as to asylums , should be exercised at the expense of , or so as to interfere with , any man 's private rights . |
| 11 | So they stood and their hands clasped at the baggage rack above their heads , and Millet saw the eyes of a fellow traveller flit to the girl 's features as if they were staring at those magazines on the high shelf behind the newsagent 's counter . |
| 12 | sole practitioners would not object to the proposed extra accounting measures if they were aimed at all firms ; |
| 13 | And they 've got , I think the odds are that people are giving more perhaps er and that er , if they were paid at fifty four P per mile and and got how that would affect the churches er contributions they make ? |
| 14 | This would put applicants in a very false position , perhaps drive away very talented applicants who might think that there were fewer places available for them , but also to encourage people who might in fact be struggling to go to any university in the country , it might encourage them to apply and to have a reasonable expectation of success because their sporting abilities were outstanding , they would then be disappointed because they would not be admitted and if they were admitted at that level , they would probably have a very unfortunate time at Oxford . |
| 15 | Youngsters should not construct mains powered projects unless they are supervised at all times by a suitably experienced adult . |
| 16 | Tubifex is the worm that most fishkeepers are familiar with because they are sold at many tropical fish outlets . |
| 17 | Van den Boogaard argued that in entering Anglo-Norman , fabliaux underwent a radical transformation because they were aimed at such an isolated audience ; an audience isolated from the full French literary frame of reference that a truly French audience would have had . |
| 18 | They are caught very well since they are travelling at top speed . |
| 19 | Whitten Brown gave in to his instincts , and since they were cruising at 20,000 feet they were definitely higher ones . |
| 20 | Will he confirm that the inquiry will be wide ranging and will pay close attention not only to the environmental impact of the proposed lines but to whether they are needed at all for the national grid to meet its licence standards ? |
| 21 | All penalties are cumulative , but penalties for disobedience depend on whether they are incurred at one obstacle or not . |
| 22 | It would have been opportune for the committee to examine the whole purpose and function of A levels , to see whether they were needed at all ; or whether , if retained , they should be radically changed . |
| 23 | They rotate the hips , all babies are routinely examined at delivery and they 'll find quite a number I would , of babies with slightly clicky hips , the reason for that is because of the hormones that have , er are in the baby 's body to relax all the muscles , those will go away after a few days , so when they 're re-checked at twelve days a number of the clicks they heard originally will no longer be there . |
| 24 | Less fabric is taken up when they are placed at this angle , preventing the seamline from reducing and puckering . |
| 25 | Quick-growing root vegetables such as radishes and carrots which grow out of sight can be compared for size when they are pulled at various times . |
| 26 | Editor , — Problem lists in hospital letters are an excellent way to improve communication , and they also enable quicker and more focused care for patients when they are reviewed at subsequent hospital appointments . |
| 27 | Individualised programmes , alternative activities and simplified worksheets , when they are directed at certain children can cut them off from their peers as effectively as if they had been withdrawn . |
| 28 | The wind pressure on the rotors increased rapidly when they were rotated at full speed but levelled off at wind velocities beyond about 12 m/sec . |
| 29 | When they were discharged at eight in the morning , they were given back their belongings , with a sandwich of bread and cheese . |
| 30 | Black cattle , when they were used at all , ploughed light sandy soil . |